A bride-to-be was among the five women who died after their limo burst into flames in San Francisco Saturday night.
The four others who died and four women who escaped were part of her bachelorette party.
Neriza Fojas, 31, was a nurse from Fresno and was due to be married next month. She had been celebrating with nine friends in the limousine as it crossed the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge when it burst into flames.
The blaze is thought to have begun in the trunk, and the driver stopped the vehicle when he noticed the fire and was able to get four of the women out. But the remaining five including Miss Fojas were trapped in the back of the vehicle and died.
Police said the five who died were so badly burned they had to be identified by dental records.
San Mateo County firefighters and California Highway Patrol personnel investigate the scene of a limousine fire on the westbound side of the San Mateo-Hayward Bridge in Foster City, California
The victims were all in their 30s. Authorities said the names of the dead would be released once families have been notified.
The injured are: Mary G. Guardiano, 42, of Alameda, Nelia Arrellano, 36, of Oakland, Amalia Loyola, 48, of San Leandro, and Jasmine Desguia, 34, of San Jose.
The driver of the vehicle, Orville Brown, 46, of San Jose, California, escaped uninjured.
The blaze occurred around 10pm on westbound lanes of the bridge, which connects San Mateo and Alameda counties, about 20 miles southeast of San Francisco.
Fojas was a registered nurse and was celebrating her pending nuptials with nine of her girlfriends when the fire erupted
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